Four hits by Jerry Martin paced the Phillies to a 5-4 victory over the Expos. A single by Greg Luzinski opened the Phils' second inning and Jose Cardenal then drew a base on balls. A double by Martin scored Luzinski and a sacrifice fly by Ted Sizemore plated Cardenal. [The Sporting News]



Philadelphia Phillies 5, Montreal Expos 4
Game Played on Wednesday, September 27, 1978 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium
Expos        0  0  0    1  0  0    0  2  1  -   4  9  2
Phillies     0  2  1    0  0  2    0  0  x  -   5 12  0


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cash 2b               5   1   1   0     0   1   .251      Schmidt 3b            4   1   2   0     1   0   .252
Unser rf              5   1   1   0     0   2   .192      Bowa ss               5   0   2   1     0   0   .298
Dawson cf             4   1   3   2     0   0   .252      Maddox cf             5   0   2   0     0   0   .286
Perez 1b              3   0   1   1     1   0   .284      Luzinski lf           2   1   1   0     2   0   .261
Cromartie lf          4   0   0   0     0   2   .297      Cardenal 1b           3   1   0   1     1   0   .250
  Garman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Boone c               4   0   0   0     0   0   .279
Carter c              4   0   1   0     0   0   .257      Martin rf             4   1   4   1     0   0   .272
Speier ss             3   1   0   0     1   0   .251      Sizemore 2b           3   1   0   1     0   0   .225
Papi 3b               4   0   1   0     0   1   .236      Christenson p         4   0   1   0     0   2   .075
Grimsley p            2   0   0   0     0   1   .140        Reed p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hutton ph,lf        2   0   1   1     0   0   .241

Totals               36   4   9   4     2   7             Totals               34   5  12   4     4   2

Time of Game: 2:10   Attendance: 27,410
Left on Base: Expos 7, Phillies 10
DP: Expos 2, Phillies 0
Errors: Carter, Papi
Doubles: Martin (13), Maddox (34)
Home Runs: Dawson (25)
Stolen Bases: Schmidt (18), Bowa (27)
Sacrifice Flies: Sizemore (5)
GIDP: Sizemore (13)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Grimsley L(19-11)       7    10   5   3   4   2   0  35   3.12
Garman                  1     2   0   0   0   0   0   4   4.38
Totals                  8    12   5   3   4   2   0  39

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Christenson W(13-14)    8.1   8   4   4   2   5   1  35   3.24
Reed SV(16)             0.2   1   0   0   0   2   0   3   2.25
Totals                  9     9   4   4   2   7   1  38

Wild Pitches: Grimsley (4)

Umpires: HP - Andy Olsen, 1B - Jim Quick, 2B - Jerry Crawford, 3B - Doug Harvey


EXPOS 1ST: Cash flied out to right; Unser struck out; Dawson
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos
0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Schmidt flied out to right; Bowa flied out to
center; Maddox grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Expos 0, Phillies 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Perez grounded out (first unassisted); Cromartie
struck out; Carter flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Luzinski singled to right; Grimsley threw a wild
pitch [Luzinski to second]; Cardenal walked; Boone flied out to
right; Martin doubled to left [Luzinski scored, Cardenal to
third]; Sizemore hit a sacrifice fly to left [Cardenal scored];
Christenson struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Phillies
2.

EXPOS 3RD: Speier flied out to center; Papi flied out to center;
Grimsley struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 3RD: Schmidt singled to center; Bowa flied out to
center; Maddox doubled to left [Schmidt to third]; Luzinski was
walked intentionally; Cardenal forced Luzinski (second
unassisted) [Schmidt scored, Maddox to third]; Boone flied out
to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 0, Phillies 3.

EXPOS 4TH: Cash grounded out (shortstop to first); Unser flied
out to center; Dawson homered; Perez walked; Cromartie was
called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Phillies
3.

PHILLIES 4TH: Martin singled to left; Sizemore grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Martin out at
second]; Christenson singled to center; Schmidt forced
Christenson (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos
1, Phillies 3.

EXPOS 5TH: Carter singled to right; Speier forced Carter
(shortstop to second); Papi struck out; Grimsley popped to third
in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Phillies 3.

PHILLIES 5TH: Bowa grounded out (shortstop to first); Maddox
flied out to left; Luzinski walked; Cardenal forced Luzinski
(third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Phillies 3.

EXPOS 6TH: Cash flied out to center; Unser flied out to center;
Dawson singled to center; Perez forced Dawson (third to second);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Phillies 3.

PHILLIES 6TH: Boone grounded out (shortstop to first); Martin
singled to shortstop; Sizemore reached on an error by Papi
[Martin to second, Sizemore to first]; Christenson struck out;
Schmidt walked [Martin to third, Sizemore to second]; Bowa
singled to center [Martin scored (unearned), Sizemore scored
(error by Carter; assist by Dawson) (unearned), Schmidt to
second]; Maddox singled to second [Schmidt to third, Bowa to
second]; Luzinski flied out to center; 2 R (0 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 3
LOB.  Expos 1, Phillies 5.

EXPOS 7TH: Cromartie flied out to left; Carter popped to first
in foul territory; Speier grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 1, Phillies 5.

PHILLIES 7TH: Cardenal flied out to right; Boone grounded out
(third to first); Martin singled to center; Sizemore forced
Martin (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1,
Phillies 5.

EXPOS 8TH: Papi grounded out (shortstop to first); HUTTON BATTED
FOR GRIMSLEY; Hutton grounded out (second to first); Cash
singled to center; Unser singled to right [Cash to third];
Dawson singled to right [Cash scored, Unser to third]; Perez
singled to first [Unser scored, Dawson to second]; Cromartie
flied out to right; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 3, Phillies 5.

PHILLIES 8TH: HUTTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); GARMAN
REPLACED CROMARTIE (PITCHING); Christenson grounded out
(shortstop to first); Schmidt singled to right; Bowa singled to
right [Schmidt to second]; Schmidt stole third and Bowa stole
second; Maddox hit into a double play (first to catcher)
[Schmidt out at home]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 3, Phillies
5.

EXPOS 9TH: Carter popped to shortstop; Speier walked; Papi
singled to center [Speier to third]; REED REPLACED CHRISTENSON
(PITCHING); Hutton singled to center [Speier scored, Papi to
second]; Cash struck out; Unser struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Expos 4, Phillies 5.